Wesley J. Smith

Well, I’ve been in a bit of a dispute over the last few days—but didn’t want to get into it here until the matter was resolved (assuming it could be). Readers of this blog may recall that a few weeks ago, I had a piece in the Weekly Standard that asserted “single payer” . . . . Continue Reading »

I am surprise this isn’t bigger news.  Bernard Nathanson, MD, helped found NARAL and became one of the nation’s leading abortion rights advocates.  But he had a change of heart—leading to a Catholic conversion—and spoke up very forcefully against abortion, including . . . . Continue Reading »

Polls have shown that the country is becoming generally more “pro life.”  (Let’s not quibble about how that is defined.)  Frances Kissling, a notable abortion rights activist, writes in the Washington Post that pro choicers need to change their tune if they don’t . . . . Continue Reading »

Surprise, surprise—they did it on a Friday when potentially unpopular news is released to get lost in the weekend. It took longer than I thought it would—two years—but  just as I predicted in my 2010 prognostications, the Obama Administration has stripped conscience . . . . Continue Reading »

The House of Representatives has voted to defund the Affordable Care Act as part of a bill to temporarily keep the government functioning.  From the story:The House voted to defund President Obama’s health care overhaul on Friday during a sustained burst of floor activity on amendments to . . . . Continue Reading »

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to defund Planned Parenthood. From the story:The House has approved a Republican proposal to block federal aid for Planned Parenthood. The 240-185 vote on Friday is a victory for anti-abortion forces led by Indiana GOP Rep. Mike Pence. He says taxpayer . . . . Continue Reading »

Do pigs go to heaven?Secondhand Smokette thought this was funny—and relevant. I can’t figure out why. Perhaps a little background . . . . Continue Reading »

Good grief.  A bill in South Dakota that could have made a killing to stop an abortion a justifiable homicide has been defeated. From the story:Lawmakers in the South Dakota House of Representatives voted on Thursday to delay further action on a controversial bill that supporters say would . . . . Continue Reading »

Abby Johnson used to be a Planned Parenthood clinic director who, having had two abortions, deeply believed in the PP mission of providing abortions and health care to women at the clinical setting. Then she watched an abortion guided by ultrasound, and saw the fetus as it was destroyed. That moment . . . . Continue Reading »

The New England Journal of Medicine has been a stalwart supporter of Obamacare.  But even its editors seem to see the handwriting on the wall about the individual purchase mandate, evidence by its hand-wringing editorial penned by Jonathan Oberlander, Ph.D..  From “”Under . . . . Continue Reading »